Quotes About Comprehension

realized that on his lips was a mute laugh that I had never seen before. It became him, the expression of a sympathetic man who wishes to show that he knows what's what.

Non basta conoscere l'alfabeto, pensò, le difficoltà sono tante.

Only when we feel the story in each of its moments or places are we able to tell it properly.

Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.

Everyone reacted differently to being spoken to in a language they didn't understand. Katya got quiet and scared. Ivan leaned forward with an amused expression. Grisha narrowed his eyes and nodded in a manner suggesting the dawn of comprehension. Boris, a bearded doctoral student, rifled guiltily through his notes like someone having a nightmare that he was already supposed to speak Russian.

What was it to know each other?

I realized that I would never have corrected somebody who said "you can feel the food." That was how Owen would end up with students who said "savor," while I would end up with students who said "papel iss blonk.

Airy elaboration just loses everyone in a fog of words.

In general, if you can't imagine how anyone could hold the view you are attacking, you probably just don't understand it yet.

Leemos porque, aunque leer no sea indispensable para vivir, la vida es más agradable, más clara, más rica para aquellos que leen que para aquellos que no lo hacen. En un sentido más simple todavía: vivir es más fácil para aquellos que saben leer, no solamente las noticias, las instrucciones de uso, las ordenanzas, los periódicos y las papeletas de voto, sino también los textos literarios.

Concibe la memoria involuntaria como el lugar de la palabra verdadera, pero mientras el filósofo tropieza con esa intuición, el novelista, desplazando los contornos de la lengua, nos la hará comprender.

What is not clear is not French.

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

It is a poor thing for the writer to take on that which he doesnt understand.

When you speak someone's language, they get you. And the passion is contagious.

Look for the whole story and you'll get a lot closer to the truth.

It is a fact that, being a quick reader, apart from enabling a person to study good books such as Macaulay and Gibbon, enables a person to read a lot of bad books as well.

Everybody knew everything now. Or did everybody know nothing? Nobody knew anything... Nobody could know everything.

Bchook", machte das Huhn. "Sprich ordentlich!", schimpfte Arend und gab ihm einen leichten Klaps. […] "Bchok", bemerkte [das Huhn] dort, warf Arend einen beleidigten Blick zu und verbarg den Kop in [Neeles] Hals. "Es hat Arabisch gelernt", stellte sie verblüfft fest und streichelte seinen weißen Federflaum.

The popular element "feels" but does not always know or understand; the intellectual element "knows" but does not always understand and in particular does not always feel.

because her sharp intelligence allowed her to understand the extent of what she hadn't learned.

Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him.

Sa come è la vita, è come una tessitura, tutti i fili si intrecciano, è questo che un giorno vorrei capire, vedere tutto il disegno.

A couple of worthy words to the wise is enough to make him understand the things , but to the foolish-cum-selfish guys even a lot of bulky books fails to make them comprehend worth anything